Our urban spaces as we known them are rendered as submarine, part of an entire planet submerged in the aftereffects of an ice age.
In our disenchanted, post-religious, ultra-technological era, catastrophes can no longer be rendered meaningful as part of a natural cycle or as an expression of divine wrath.
Nearly all the principal cast members, starting with Ms. Colin and Mr. Cecil but extending to parts traditionally rendered as villainous gargoyles, turn in performances that speak of thoughtful consideration of their characters.
Aristotle describes mind (nous, often also rendered as "intellect" or "reason") as "the part of the soul by which it knows and understands" (De Anima iii 4, 429a9 10; cf. iii 3, 428a5; iii 9, 432b26; iii 12, 434b3), thus characterizing it in broadly functional terms.
The only "proprietary" part is the names (rendered as numbers) that give a minimal global structure to the Internet's information.
"As impeccably rendered as it is, 'The Master' is enthralling, ponderous and elusive in equal parts.
(Using the psychological concept of repressed memory syndrome, the parts of the schools that Kelley couldn't remember are rendered as blanks).
The earlier examples were in part a reponse to Sept. 11, with the New York City skyline rendered as a broken wall of rough, vertical found wood scraps.
Subjects have been rendered as objects.
